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Jim crow
Definitions
- 1 Discriminatory against African Americans. not-comparable
- 2 Segregated between African Americans and Caucasians. not-comparable
"A Jim Crow audience"
- 1 A Black man. derogatory, ethnic, obsolete, offensive, slur
- 2 The collective policies and customs of an era of racial oppression in the U.S., especially legalized racial persecution and segregationist practices, prevalent from the late 1800s through the 1960s until challenged by the U.S. civil rights movement. historical
"Texas stands for segregation—for Jim Crow cars, for eating in separate restaurants, for sitting in separate rail coaches, for doing all the things which make white and black people in the United States realise how different they are."
- 3 A fictional character from various minstrel show performances who is stereotypically depicted as an unintelligent, violent, and promiscuous Black man.
- 1 A World War II code name for patrols along the British coastline to intercept enemy aircraft, originally intended to warn of invasion in 1940. historical
"… flying cannon equipped Spitfires V’s mainly on ‘Jim Crow’ operations (operational Patrols along the home coastline intercepting any hostile aircraft and looking out for any invasion forces)."
- 2 a crowbar fitted with a claw for pulling nails wordnet
- 3 A double-action planing tool invented by Joseph Whitworth, in which the blade ‘jumps’ to face the other way on the back-stroke.
"Two other machines exhibited by Whitworth… One was furnished with a reversing tool to plane both ways, and called, from its peculiar motion, a Jim Crow machine."
- 4 barrier preventing blacks from participating in various activities with whites wordnet
- 5 A tool for bending railway rails, by holding the rail with two arms and pushing a screw into the other side.
"When rails have to be bent with a Jim Crow, as in setting stock or check-rails, or straightening a bent rail, they should always be heated first, or they are liable to crack, especially steel rails."
- 1 To work toward legislation that incorporates a discriminatory caste system or racial segregation. Also jimcrowing, jimcrowed.
"The American Bowling Congress’ 50-odd years of jimcrowing went by the boards during their convention in May which carried a motion to delete the "white males only" clause from their constitution."
Etymology
From the minstrel show song Jump Jim Crow, written in 1828 by Thomas D. Rice, the originator of blackface performance.
From the minstrel show song Jump Jim Crow, written in 1828 by Thomas D. Rice, the originator of blackface performance.
From the minstrel show song Jump Jim Crow, written in 1828 by Thomas D. Rice, the originator of blackface performance.
From the minstrel show song Jump Jim Crow, written in 1828 by Thomas D. Rice, the originator of blackface performance.
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